Lady was born a mix of Labrador Retriever and Red Bone Hound on October 5, 2005. Lady died on December 30, 2019. Lady was laid to rest at 12 noon Tuesday December 31,2019 in the Oakview pet cemetery in Anderson, S. C. She came to live with Nancys’ Dad as a puppy. She lived with him until his death on May 10, 2010. She then became a member of Durell and Nancy Rochesters family. She lived with us for nine and a half years. The following is some of the sweet memories of our precious little Lady.
When we brought Lady from Belton to Seneca, it took two hours to get her into the car. She was determined that she was not going to leave her home and that she was not going to ride in that thing (she had not been in a car since she was brought home to Belton). When we arrived home, she reluctantly got out of the car and went into the backyard fence. We had bought her a new insulated doghouse with nice soft bedding (thinking she would stay outside like she did at Nancys’ dads), but we discovered that she would have nothing to do with it. It was not her home. After a few weeks and some cool nights, she decided to try it and concluded it was not so bad after all. But staying in the doghouse did not last long, she soon moved in with us. She did not come in immediately. She would come to the door and stand there and look in, but after a while and a bit of urging she came on in one afternoon. Our carpet is a greenish color, so she thought this must be grass and started to go to the bathroom. Both of us said NO at the same time. She jumped up and ran to the door and into the yard to go. After that we never had to remind her again. That was the only training she needed. When she had to go, she would go to the door. If we did not see her at the door, she would come and nudge us with her nose and then go to the door.
Lady would soon move in with us permanently. Here’s how that happened:
We went out to lunch one Sunday and then stopped at some stores. We were gone a couple of hours. When we returned Lady was lying in the door of her doghouse, holding up her right foot. We wondered why and went out to see her. She would not let us touch her foot, therefore, we realized that something was wrong. We brought her into the house that night and made her a nice bed. The next morning we carried her to the veterinarian. After X-raying the foot, he told us her toe was broken. He put a cast on it, and we brought her home. She never spent another night of her life outside. She was home to stay and made it such.